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Bednarz, Sarah Witham; Bockenhauer, Mark H.; Walk, Fred H. – Journal of Geography, 2005
Geography teacher preparation is an ongoing problem for the discipline. Changes in certification requirements and federal and state educational policies have diminished the role of colleges and universities in educating teachers. At the same time, geography education reform efforts have resulted in higher standards and an increased quantity of…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teacher Education, Mentors, Teacher Certification
Anthony, Taiwanna D.; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2006
Unfortunately, alternatively certified novice teachers are not being properly prepared. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, the primary concern is that all classrooms are housed with highly qualified teachers. In the present, alternatively certified novice teacher attrition has increased significantly. Many classrooms across the United States have…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Educational Strategies, Teacher Persistence, Self Efficacy
Pierce, Gloria – 1996
This paper describes a faculty development and orientation program for new faculty at Montclair State University in New Jersey. The New Faculty Program (NFP) is designed to orient and introduce a diverse new faculty (more than half of whom are women and minorities) to the culture of the university, and to help them attain reappointment and tenure…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Planning, College Faculty, College Instruction
Kling, Ruth E.; Brookhart, Donna A. – 1991
This literature review focuses on beginning teacher induction programs and addresses the following issues germane to the mentorship process: (1) the role of induction support programs for new teachers; (2) what mentoring is; (3) the mentor's role during the induction process; (4) the characteristics of effective mentor/protege relationships; (5)…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teacher Induction, Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education
Willis, Charles L.; Auer, Barbara R. – 1988
This monograph reflects the perspective that programs for beginning teachers should include some broader goal of enhancing the status and image of the entire profession. This approach links goals and activities for beginning teachers with goals and activities for other individuals, organizations, and institutions. Chapter 1 discusses interactions…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Mentors
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1990
The essential feature of the Mentor Teacher Internship Program in New York City is the creation of a supportive, nonevaluative context in which an experienced mentor-teacher provides peer coaching to uncertified teachers to improve their effectiveness and increase their retention rate. This report presents the evaluation of the program by the New…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Internship Programs
James, Terry L. – 1987
Two combined preparation and induction programs for teacher candidates at Memphis State University (Tennessee), the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program and the Lyndhurst program, utilize a mentoring approach to professional development for program interns and beginning teachers. Each candidate has two mentors: a pedagogical mentor from the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Ladders, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Zimpher, Nancy L.; And Others – 1986
Seven objectives were identified for the development of the Franklin County/Ohio State University Induction Project: (1) analyze existing research on beginning teachers and induction programs; (2) synthesize existing analyses of follow-up studies conducted in schools, colleges, and departments of education over the past decade; (3) synthesize…
Descriptors: Action Research, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Guerrero, Frank; Goldberg, Phyllis – 1988
The Mentor Teacher Internship Program (MTIP) provided first-year provisional teachers with an experienced mentor teacher in the context of a supportive, non-evaluative peer relationship. The pilot program, implemented by the New York City Board of Education and the United Federation of Teachers, focused on increasing teacher effectiveness and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Mentors
Enz, Billie; And Others – 1988
The Arizona Teacher Residency Project combines in partnership the Center for Educational Development, the College of Education at Northern Arizona University, and more than 60 school districts throughout the state. With the common goal of promoting excellence in education by bringing the art and science of teaching to the conscious level, three…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Moore, Barbara McGregor – 1989
Following a presentation of background information on studies about teacher induction in general, this paper describes four different teacher induction programs. All four programs used veteran teachers as support teachers for the beginners. These support teachers were referred to as mentors, helpers, coaches, and consultants. One of the goals of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors
Henry, Marvin A. – 1988
Project CREDIT (Certification Renewal Experiences Designed to Improve Teaching) is a cooperative program between Indiana State University and 10 school districts in west-central Indiana. The program was initiated to assist first-year teachers with the objectives of reducing teacher dropout and improving the quality of teaching. Twenty first-year…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship
Ruhland, Sheila K. – 2002
A study investigated from a national perspective factors that influence the attrition and retention of newly hired secondary business teachers in the public sector. It also identified factors important to determine a business teacher's interest in continuing or not continuing in the teaching profession. The survey developed for the study consisted…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Business Education Teachers, Labor Turnover, Mentors
Huling, Leslie; Resta, Virginia – 2001
Teacher mentoring programs have increased dramatically since the early 1980s as a vehicle to support and retain novice teachers. However, researchers and facilitators of mentoring programs are recognizing that mentors also derive substantial benefits from the mentoring experience. This digest examines research on how mentoring contributes to the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Instructional Leadership
Ganser, Tom – 1999
This study surveyed three groups of teachers to investigate their perceptions of problems faced by beginning teachers. The study reexamined the usefulness of Veenman's (1984) meta-analysis of the perceived problems of beginning teachers. Participants were Wisconsin beginning teachers, experienced urban teachers, and cooperating teachers. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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